In the first match, senior outside hitter Mollie Arnold led HU with 18 kills and 18 digs. Junior setter Taryn Eubank had 41 assists and a season-high 20 digs. Junior defensive specialist Lisa Copeland had a career-high 29 digs. It was Copeland’s fourth straight match with 20 or more digs.

As a team, the Lady Bisons had a season-high 108 digs. The last time HU had over 100 digs was last season against Southwestern Oklahoma the Great American Conference Tournament as the Lady Bisons finished with 100. It was the most digs since HU had 120 against Southern Arkansas in 2011.

In the second match, Arnold led HU with 20 kills and a team-high 18 digs. Junior outside hitter Marindia Turner had a season-high 15 kills and tied a career high 13 digs. It was her third career double-double. Eubank had 45 assists and 14 digs.

Senior middle blocker Alyssa Short and junior middle blocker Liv Savage both had four blocks for HU.

The Lady Bisons will wrap up the tournament today as they take on No. 11 Washburn at 10 a.m., and then face Texas Woman’s at 2 p.m.

UALR inches closer to tournament crown

MEMPHIS — The Trojans lost the first set of the day, but won the next six sets played as UALR (7-4) move into position to clinch its second straight tournament title with a 19-25, 25-18, 25-15, 25-17 win over Austin Peay (3-11) and a 25-18, 25-21, 25-21 win over Memphis (7-5).

UALR is on a five match winning streak and evened the all-time series with the Tigers at 8-8.

For the day, junior Edina Begic paced UALR with 33 kills and 23 digs. With 16 kills and 14 digs against the Tigers, Begic recorded her seventh double-double in 11 matches this season. Sophomore Sonja Milanovic added 22 kills.

UALR looks to complete the second tournament sweep in as many weeks today when it plays La Salle (1-14). It will be the Trojans first match ever against the Explorers.

A-State drops match to UAB

NASHVILLE — The Arkansas State volleyball team fell to UAB (11-3) in straight sets 3-0 (25-14, 25-20, 25-18) Friday in the opening game of the Belmont Bruin Classic.

The Red Wolves were led in kills by Sarah Kemp, who registered 10, while Sadie Clark and Kelsey Sullivan added 5 kills each. Gerig handed out 22 assists to pace A-State from the setter position. Defensively, the Red Wolves were led by Megan Baska’s 12 digs and Kelsey Sullivan’s four blocks, including one block solo.

The Red Wolves are now 4-8 on the season and conclude play in the Belmont Bruin Classic Saturday, Sept. 21. A-State takes on host Belmont at 12:30 p.m., before playing Mississippi State at 3:30 p.m.

Junior Emily Todd notched her first double-double on the season with 14 kills and 19 digs, while senior Amber Cerrillos also notched a double-double with 59 assists and 18 digs. Freshman Kaylee Konsella added nine kills and five blocks. At least five players earned double-digit digs.

McKellar almost set a school record with her 37 digs, placing her in second with Stacy Burnett-Mallett holding first place with 39 digs.

The Golden Suns will host Harding at Tucker Coliseum for Pack-the-Stands night on Sept. 24 at 6 p.m.

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